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<v Speaker 1>Frog Prince by the brother Grimm. One fine evening, a

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<v Speaker 1>young princess put in her bonnet clogs and went out

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<v Speaker 1>to take a walk by herself in a wood. And

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<v Speaker 1>when she came to a cool spring of water, she

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<v Speaker 1>rose in the midst of it. She sat herself down

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<v Speaker 1>to rest a while. Now she had a golden ball

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<v Speaker 1>in her hand, which was her favorite blathing, and she

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<v Speaker 1>was always tossing it up into the air and catching

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<v Speaker 1>it again as it foiled. After a time, she threw

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<v Speaker 1>it up so high that she missed catching it as

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<v Speaker 1>it fell, and the ball bound it away and rolled

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<v Speaker 1>along upon the ground till at last it fell down

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<v Speaker 1>into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after

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<v Speaker 1>her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that

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<v Speaker 1>she could not see the bottom of it. Then she

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<v Speaker 1>began to prevail her loss and said, Alas, if I

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<v Speaker 1>could only get my ball again, I would give all

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<v Speaker 1>my fine clothes and jewels and everything I have, everything

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<v Speaker 1>I have in the world. While she was speaking, a

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<v Speaker 1>frog puts its head out of the water and said, Princess,

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<v Speaker 1>why do you weep so bitterly? Alas, said she, What

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<v Speaker 1>can you do for me, your nasty frog? My golden

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<v Speaker 1>ball has fallen into the spring. The frog said, I

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<v Speaker 1>want not your pearls and jewels and fine clothes. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you will love me and let me live with you,

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<v Speaker 1>and eat from of your golden plate and sleep upon

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<v Speaker 1>your bed, I will bring your ball again. What nonsense,

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<v Speaker 1>thought the princess. This is a city frog is talking.

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<v Speaker 1>He can never even get out of the spring to

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<v Speaker 1>visit me, though he may be able to get my

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<v Speaker 1>ball for me, And therefore I will tell tell him

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<v Speaker 1>he shall have what he asks. So she said to

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<v Speaker 1>the frog, well, if you will bring me my ball,

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<v Speaker 1>I will do all you ask. Then the frog put

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<v Speaker 1>his head down and dived deep under the water, and

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<v Speaker 1>after a little time he came up again with a

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<v Speaker 1>ball in his mouth, and threw it on the edge

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<v Speaker 1>of the spring. As soon as the young princess saw

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<v Speaker 1>her ball, she ran to pick it up. And she

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<v Speaker 1>was so overjoyed to have it in her hand and

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<v Speaker 1>again that she never thought of the frog, but ran

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<v Speaker 1>home with it as fast as she could. The frog

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<v Speaker 1>called after her, stay, princess, and take me with you,

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<v Speaker 1>as you said, but she did not stop to hear

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<v Speaker 1>a word. The next day, just as the princess had

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<v Speaker 1>sat down to dinner, she heard a strange noise, tap tap, splash, splash,

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<v Speaker 1>as if something was coming up their marble staircase. And

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<v Speaker 1>soon after there was a gentle knock at the door,

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<v Speaker 1>and a little voice cried out and said, open the door,

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<v Speaker 1>my princess dear, opened the door, thy true love here,

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<v Speaker 1>and mind the words that thou and I said by

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<v Speaker 1>the fountain cool in the greenwood shed. Then the princess

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<v Speaker 1>ran to the door and opened it, and there she

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<v Speaker 1>saw the frog, whom she had quite forgotten. At this sight,

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<v Speaker 1>she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast

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<v Speaker 1>as she could, came back to her seat. The King,

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<v Speaker 1>her father, seeing that something had frightened her, asked her

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<v Speaker 1>what was the matter. There's a nasty frog, said she

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<v Speaker 1>at the door that lifted my ball from me out

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<v Speaker 1>of the spring. This morning. I told him that he

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<v Speaker 1>should live with me here, thinking that he could never

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<v Speaker 1>get out of the spring. But there he is at

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<v Speaker 1>the door, and he wants to come in. Where she

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<v Speaker 1>was speaking, the frog knocked again at the door and said,

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<v Speaker 1>open the door, My Princess dear, opened the door to

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<v Speaker 1>thy true love here and mind the words that thou

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<v Speaker 1>and I said by the fountain cool in the green

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<v Speaker 1>wood shed. Then the king said to the young princess,

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<v Speaker 1>as you have given your word, you must keep it,

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<v Speaker 1>so go and let him in. She did so, and

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<v Speaker 1>the frog hopped into the room, and then straight on,

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<v Speaker 1>tap tap, splash, splash, from the bottom of the room

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<v Speaker 1>to the top, till he came up close to the table,

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<v Speaker 1>where the princess said, pray, lift me upon chair, said

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<v Speaker 1>he to the princess, and let me sit next to you.

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<v Speaker 1>As soon as she had done this, the frog said,

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<v Speaker 1>put your blade nearer to me that I may eat

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<v Speaker 1>of it. This she did, and when he had eaten

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<v Speaker 1>his much as he could, he said, now I am tired.

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<v Speaker 1>Carry me upstairs and put me into your bed. And

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<v Speaker 1>the princess, thought very unwillingly, took him up in her

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<v Speaker 1>hand and put him upon the pillow of her own bed,

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<v Speaker 1>where he slept all night long. As soon as it

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<v Speaker 1>was light, he jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out

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<v Speaker 1>of the house. Now then, thought the princess, at last

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<v Speaker 1>he's gone, and I shall be troubled with him no more.

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<v Speaker 1>But she was mistaken, for when night came again, she

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<v Speaker 1>heard the same tapping at the door, and the frog

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<v Speaker 1>came once more and said, open the door, My princes dear,

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<v Speaker 1>opened the door to thy true love. Here, and mind

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<v Speaker 1>the words that thou and I said by the fountain

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<v Speaker 1>cooling the green wood shed. And when the princess opened

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<v Speaker 1>the door, the frog came in and slept upon her

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<v Speaker 1>pillow as before till the morning broke. And the third

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<v Speaker 1>night he did the same. But when the princess awoke

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<v Speaker 1>on the following morning, she was astonished to see, instead

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<v Speaker 1>of the frog, a handsome prince gazing on her with

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<v Speaker 1>the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen, and standing

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<v Speaker 1>at the head of a bread. He told her that

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<v Speaker 1>he had been enchanted by a spiteful fairy who had

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<v Speaker 1>changed him into a frog, and that he had been faded,

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<v Speaker 1>so to abide till some princes should take him out

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<v Speaker 1>of the spring and let him eat from her blade

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<v Speaker 1>and sleep upon her bed for three nights. You said,

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<v Speaker 1>the prince have broken this cruel charm, and now I

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<v Speaker 1>have nothing to wish for but that you should go

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<v Speaker 1>with me into my father's kingdom, where I will marry

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<v Speaker 1>you and love you as long as you live. The

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<v Speaker 1>young princess, you may be sure, was not long in

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<v Speaker 1>sale saying yes to all this. And as they spoke,

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<v Speaker 1>a gay coach drove up with eight beautiful horses and

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<v Speaker 1>decked with the plums of feathers and a golden harness.

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<v Speaker 1>And behind the coach wrote the Prince's servant, faithful Heinrich,

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<v Speaker 1>who had bewailed the misfortunes of his dear masters during

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<v Speaker 1>his enchantment, so long and so bitterly that his heart

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<v Speaker 1>had well night bursts. They then took leave of the

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<v Speaker 1>king and got into the coach with eight horses, and

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<v Speaker 1>all set out full of joy and merriment for the

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<v Speaker 1>Prince's kingdom, which they reached safely, and there they lived

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<v Speaker 1>happily a great many years. The end